Background
Adair, Fred Lyman was born on July 28, 1877 in Anamosa, Iowa, United States. Son of Lyman Joseph and Sarah Jennings (Porter) Adair.
Adair, Fred Lyman was born on July 28, 1877 in Anamosa, Iowa, United States. Son of Lyman Joseph and Sarah Jennings (Porter) Adair.
Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1898. Doctor of Medicine Rush Medical College (University of Chicago), 1901. Master of Arts, University of Minnesota.
Intern Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, 1901-1903. General practice, 1903-1908. Became connected with University of Minnesota, 1905.
Studied in Berlin, 1908-1909.
Specialized in obstetrics and gynecology since 1909. Professor obstetrics and gynecology, University of Minnesota, 1926-1929.
Department chairman and emeritus professor obstetrics and gynecology University of Chicago since 1929. Former chief of service Chicago Lying-in Hospital.
Consultant Children’s Bureau, unites states department of Labor.
Chairman Joint Maternal Welfare Commander Cook County; former chief maternal and child division Illinois Department Public Health. Was major Minnesota National Guard.
Physician with Red Cross in France, Belgium, World War I. Chairman Committee on Prenatal Care, Hoover Conference on Child Health and Protection.
Chairman American Committee on Maternal Welfare, Incorporated. Chairman 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th American Congress on Obstetrical and Gynecology.
Member American Medical Association (past president and secretary section on obstetrics and gynecology), Minn Academy Medicine, Central Association Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Gynecological Society (past treasurer and president), Chicago Gynecological Society (past president), American Board Obstetrics and Gynecology (past vice-president), American College of Surgeons, Illinois Medical Society, Sigma Xi, Delta Upsilon, Nu Sigma Nu. Past president Federation Obstetric & Gynecologic Society. Club: Cosmos.
Married Myrtle May Ingalls, November 18, 1911. Children: Agnes Jennings Kuhn, Robert Chamberlain, Richard Porter.